TOP 10 FLOPS in the Premier League: Arsenal, Liverpool, Spurs, Manchester United, Man City, Newcastle United, West Ham and Everton fans speak now!

Sean - October 28th, 2008 at 3:49 pm

TOP 10 PREMIER LEAGUE FLOPS

1 Robbie Keane
2 Valeri Bojinov
3. Hargreaves

Nigel - October 28th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

TOP 10 PREMIER LEAGUE FLOPS

1 Modric
2 Bentley
3 Bent

rko - October 28th, 2008 at 4:06 pm

1.pavlyuchenko
2.modric
3.bentley
4.keane

Vikrant - October 28th, 2008 at 4:07 pm

1. Modric
2. Bentley
3. Bent
4. Pavlyuchenko
5. Jenas
6. Zokora
7. Lennon
8. Hutton
9. Woodgate
10. Bale

BringBackBananas - October 28th, 2008 at 4:13 pm

Sean, what have you seen in the 20 or so minutes of Premiership football that Bojinov has played to call him a flop?
Was it falling awkwardly and snapping his cruciate ligament? or slipping and snapping his achillies tendon that made you think he wasnt worth 5.5million?

No signing can be called a flop until he has been with his new club for 6months at least. make that a year if he has come from a foreign league an under the age of 25

Darren Bent
KP Boeteng
Owen Hargreaves
David Healy
Diomansy Kamara

Harry - October 28th, 2008 at 4:14 pm

1. Ramos
2. Gross
3. Bentley
4. Dos Santos
5. Modric
6. Pavyluchenko
7. Rebrov
8. Ghaly
9. Santini
10. Stalteri

Fergie - October 28th, 2008 at 4:14 pm

1 Kieron Dyer
2 Alan Smith
3 Valery Bojinov
4 Andrei Shevchenko
5 Freddie Ljungberg
6 Sergei Rebrov
7 Heurelho Gomes
8 Elena Marcelino
9 Bruno Cheyrou
10 Bosko Balaban

EVERTON - October 28th, 2008 at 4:15 pm

1.pavlyuchenko
2.darren bent
3.pennant
4.o’shea
5.gomez
6.song
7.hibbert
8.nicky butt
9.bentley
10.carragher

John - October 28th, 2008 at 4:18 pm

1 Elena Marcelino
2 Jean Alain Boumsong
3 Albert Luque
4 Patrick Kluivert
5 Celestine Babayaro
6 Carl Cort
7 Alain Goma
8 Jon Dahl Tomasson
9 Stephane G’uivarch
10 Silvio Maric

Red Devils - October 28th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

Diego Forlan
Juan Veron
Massimo Taibi

Thomas - October 28th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

I think people are forgetting the official WORST flop of all time Everton August-January defender PER KOLDURP £6m and played a game and a half he was that bad!!

efcuk1 - October 28th, 2008 at 4:21 pm

Can’t be arsed naming 10, but Andy Van Der Meyde is definitely one of them.

m4re - October 28th, 2008 at 4:26 pm

I love the guy who says Bojinov is not a flop because he’s barely played, then lists Hargreaves as a flop, who has barely played. City fan no doubt. Also the article, hasn’t done much? How bout that free kick vs arse last year? or that excellent deployment in the CL final?

Anyway:
- David Healy
- David Rozenhal (flogged already though)
- Aaron Lennon
- Florent Malouda
- Alan Smith
- Diomansy Kamara

beyethegreat - October 28th, 2008 at 4:27 pm

why hasnt any one put titus bramble or ali dia

hayes - October 28th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

how the hell is ljungber a flop fergie you mug. everton you are also a mug how is carragher one:
cygan
van der meyde
smith
shevchenko
crespo
kroldrup
pennant
faubert
kezman
cheyrou

GAGA - October 28th, 2008 at 4:32 pm

I HAVE TO SAY THERE IS IDIOTS HERE PUTTING VALERI BOJINOV FOR SOME UN KNOWN REASON YET NOBODY HAS PUT GEORGIOS SAMARAS!!!!, AS FOR BOJINOV GIVE HIM A CHANCE HE HAS NEVER EVEN PLAYED IN PREM PROPERLY SO DONT BE SILLY.

Bluenose - October 28th, 2008 at 4:33 pm

@m4tr and other Bojinov bashers

You can’t compare Bojinov to Hargreaves – Bojinov has been injured for all but 2 games since he arrived – he played 5 minutes of the Derby on his debut then was out for the entire season then was injured in the warm up to the first game this season has been out ever since. You can’t be a flop if you’ve not had the opportunity to play – it’s not like he’s not being picked …. when he’s been fit he’s been straight into the team. I’m not saying Hargreaves is a flop either by the way.

My top 3 would be:

1. Per Koldrup – star in Seria A and only got two games for Everton – very strange
2. Juan S. Veron
3. Shevchenko

Newcastle United - October 28th, 2008 at 4:37 pm

TOP 10 PREMIER LEAGUE FLOPS

1 Albert Luque
2 Marcellino
3 Alan Smith
4 Stéphane Guivarc’h
5 Amdy Faye
6 Jean Alain Boumsong
7 Andy Thorn
8 Carl Cort
9 Alessandro Pistone
10 Jon Dahl Tomasson
11…

m4re - October 28th, 2008 at 4:38 pm

in no way did my comment say Bojinov was a flop, he’s still an unknown quantity, i’d love to see him show his quality and show that sven was doing a good job.

Fergie - October 28th, 2008 at 4:38 pm

Hayes… I take it you are forgetting Ljungberg went to West Ham after Arsenal, on massive wages, only to play a few games, contribute nothing, and have his contract mutually terminated for a huge pay-off fee…. you mug.

freddyfreddy - October 28th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

1. Louis
2. Boa
3.Morter

alski - October 28th, 2008 at 4:40 pm

TOP 10 PREMIER LEAGUE FLOPS

1 Schevchenko
2 Veron (twice)
3 Crespo
4 Owen to Newcastle
5 Boulharouz
6 Bent
7 Forlan
8 Van De Meyde
9 Diouf, Diao, Cheyrou, Biscan, Le Tallec (take yer pick, all equally shite)
10 Mcmananaman to Man City

Alex - October 28th, 2008 at 4:41 pm

TOP 12 PREMIER LEAGUE FLOPS

1 Andriy Voronin
2 Jean-Alian Boumsong
3 Sebastian Veron
4 Luis Boa Morte
5 Michael Dawson
6 Steve Sidwell
7 Djibril Cisse
8 Alan Smith
9 Andriy Shevchenko
10 Darren Bent
11 Titus Bramble
12 Cheyrou

BringBackBananas - October 28th, 2008 at 4:41 pm

Hargreaves is 27, came from the German League, and has made 37 appearances
Bojinov is 21, came from the Italian League, and has played about 20 minute of permiership football, as a substitute.

Brilliant comparison m4tr, just brilliant.

eh - October 28th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

Lennon ?! A ludicrous suggestion…..

Spurs paid 1million for him (which is pittance compared to most players being mentioned in the list), he is only 21 and still developing and is a great impact player. Most are aware of shortcomings (no end product) but I’m pretty sure that when Ronaldo first moved to the Premiership the same was said about him. With the chopping and changing of managers at Spurs, it’s hardly surpising he hasn’t delivered to his potential – yet.

If Spurs were to sell him, what would they get for him ? I’m pretty sure a lot more than the 1m they paid for him. What other “flops” can you say that about ?

Alanonymous - October 28th, 2008 at 4:50 pm

1 Veron
2 Kleberson
3 Djemba-Djemba
4 Shevchenko
5 Rebrov
6 Koldrup
7 Jeffers
8 Ljungberg (at West Ham)
9 Duff (at NewcASTLE)
10 Pennant

m4re - October 28th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

@ “Bananats” – fair enough, it simply feels like he never plays due to constant injury.

@ eh – in 5 years when lennon has done fuck all you’ll see what i mean.

Paul Calf - October 28th, 2008 at 4:58 pm

I have to agree with all the city fans about Bojinov, as you need to have actually played to be judged a flop or not.

Also got to agree that its amazing that the likes of Samaras, Vuoso or Macken haven’t been mentioned but poor Valeri has, bizarre!

eh - October 28th, 2008 at 5:02 pm

@ m4re – doesn’t the decription say “.Who has been a complete waste of money” ?! Now even if you’re right and he doesn’t fufil his potential, his goal against Chelsea is worth 1m all on its own:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ABV171jTs3I

There’s not one player mentioned in anyones list who hasn’t either cost more than 5m or being paid astronomical wages. Lennon fits neither of these categories so just admit you’re wrong.

IVOR - October 28th, 2008 at 5:11 pm

1. Juan Sebastian Veron 11. Massimo Taibi
2. Andrei Shevchenko 12. Mateja Kezman
3. José Antonio Reyes 13. Huerelho Gomes
4. Jean Alain Boumsong 14. Patrick Kluivert
5. Adrian Mutu 15. Hernán Crespo
6. Khalid Bouhlarouz 16. Darren Bent
7. Eric Djemba Djemba 17. David Nugent
8. Alberto Luque 18. Francis Jeffers
9. David Bentley 19. Bosko Balaban
10. Sergei Rebrov 20. Marcellino

Marcus - October 28th, 2008 at 5:13 pm

10. Eric Mjer
9. Neil Ruddock
8. Darren Bent
7.Phil Babb
6. Alan Sugar
5. Daniel Levy
4. Ade Akinbiyi
3. Taibi
2. Juan Sebastian Veron
1. George Gillet & Tom Hicks

Eddie McGinty - October 28th, 2008 at 5:25 pm

Tottenham

Mama's Gun - October 28th, 2008 at 5:27 pm

Have to laugh at Spurs fans slagging off Bent. They claimed Defoe “lacked quality” until he finally left for a side that appreciated him. Hopefully Bent (a top scorer in the league before Spurs) wont have to leave Tottenham to once again demonstrate what an ungrateful lot they are.

Thompson - October 28th, 2008 at 5:37 pm

For the likes of Lennon and Kluivert, they cannot really be classed as flops, because they were free. Kluivert promised a lot, he was a top player and got top wages but we got what we paid for.
The likes of Veron, Luque, Hargreaves, even Carrick, the geordie that he is, failed to live up to their price tag. Even Rozenhal was only about 2 million, so i wouldnt call him a flop, just bad judgement on behalf of Big Sam. See what happens when you give him money. Before this season I would have put Rooney and Walcot as flops cos they cost more than they were worth, but this season has show they are worth the investment.

Coggin - October 28th, 2008 at 5:37 pm

TOP 10 PREMIER LEAGUE FLOPS

1 Massimo Taibi Man U
2 Sergi Rebrov Spurs
3 Harry Kewell Liverpool
4 Djemba Djemba Man U
5 El Hadji Diouf Liverpool
6 Cisse Liverpool
7 Mark Gonzalez Liverpool
8 Florent Sinima-Pongolle Liverpool
9 Adrian Mutu
10 Joey Beauchamp The Oxford-born winger was so homesick after joining West Ham that he left two months later without playing a competitive game. He returned closer to his roots with a move to Swindon Town.

11 Per Kroldrup, Udinese to Everton, £5m, June 2005

Everton paid a fortune for the Denmark central defender but then showed no interest in actually playing him amid suggestions they had suddenly discovered he couldn’t head the ball. Made one league appearance before returning to Italy.

YNWA

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James - October 28th, 2008 at 5:44 pm

Arsenal

1. Franny Jeffers
2. Oleg Luzchny
3. Pascal Cygan
4. Justin Hoyte (from youth, but the mancs ripped him apart in fa cup last season)
5. Jose Reyes (waste of space)
6.Kaba Diawarra, striker never scored for arsenal, missed a hatful
7. Thomas Rosciky, good player, always injured tho
8. John Jenson
9. Glenn Helder
10. Eddie Mcgoldrick

cityfan - October 28th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

1- SAMARAS!!!
2- Corradi!!!
3- And…..

van der sar
brown
vidic
ferdinand
evra
giggs
scholes
carrick
ronaldo
rooney
berbatov

ALLL CRAP!!!

eh - October 28th, 2008 at 5:57 pm

1. Bogarde
2. Kroldrup
3. Taibi
4. Shevchenko
5. Veron
6. Djemba-Djemba
7. Luque
8. Brolin
9. Akinbiyi
10. Jeffers

wightman - October 28th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

1.balan
2.mcmanaman -man city
3.rolando bianchi
4.

m9 - October 28th, 2008 at 7:16 pm

Just from City alone I’d say 1. Bianchi. 2. Samaras. 3. Corradi. 4. Sibierski. 5. Macken. 6. Fowler. 7. McManamen. 8. Sommeil 9. Ellegard. 10. Mills (both). In no particular order, they were all crap.

Jim - October 28th, 2008 at 8:40 pm

1. Shevchenko
2. Veronin
3. Baptista
4. Veron
5. Hergreaves
6. Folan
7. Djemba Djemba
8. Jeffers
9. Rosicky
10. Barthez

cityfan - October 29th, 2008 at 12:32 am

Joey Barton going to newcastle, and then going to jail and never playing for them, and then city the team my heart belongs too has had about 4 useless signings per year up until this year

eh - October 29th, 2008 at 10:05 pm

@ m4re – sorry, but who scored the equaliser for Spurs tonight against the scum ? Was it Lennon who only cost 1m that you labelled a flop ? Hmmmmm, COYS !!

eh2 - October 29th, 2008 at 10:14 pm

@ m4re – sorry, but who scored the equaliser for Spurs tonight against the scum ? Was it Lennon who only cost 1m that you labelled a flop ? Hmmmmm, COYS !!

Mat - November 8th, 2008 at 4:28 pm

Not really any thought into these flops, aren’t flops the types of things where the amount of money spent is an issue? If so

1. Juan Sebastien Veron (At United)
2. Andriy Shevchenko
3. Sergey Rebrov
4. Jon Dahl Tomasson (Although he did alright in the Dutch League)
5. Per Kroldrup
6. Marian Pahars
7. Asier Del Horno
8. Richard Wright (At Arsenal)
9. Massimo Taibi
10. Bruno Cheyrou/Anthony Le Tallec/ Florent Sinama Pongolle/ Djimi Traore
11. Pascal Cygan
12. Igor Stepanovs
13. Javier Mascherano (At West Ham)
14. Lorenzo Amorouso
15. Vlatislav Gresko
16. Andy Gray (At Blackburn)
17. Louis Saha (At Manchester United)
18. Francis Jeffers (At Everton, Arsenal and Blackburn)
19. Khalid Boulharouz
20. Bosko Balaban

Friends of Marian - November 24th, 2008 at 9:56 pm

It is clear that Mat has been struggling with alcoholism for years if he thinks that Pahars was a waste of money. Possibly the best Saints signing of the last 10 years.

1. Bogarde
2. Super Ali Dia
3. Kevin Davies (to Blackburn)
4. Beattie (to Everton)
5. Shevchenko
6. Veron
7. David Nugent
8. Andrea Silenzi
9. Kieron Dyer
10. Luque, Boumsong, Goma, Marcelino, Maric, Acuna (captain hook), Xiscoe, Tomasson, Guivarch etc No wonder Mike Ashley didn’t want to spend any cash!
11. Tottenham